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IndiaTop ranked male tennis players are attractive Sugar Officials said he has been denied a visa to compete in the Australian Open wild-card playoff tournament starting on November 24 Chengdu,
Sumit Nagal took to social media to ask Chinese Ambassador to India Xu Feihong and the Chinese Embassy to intervene on his behalf.
“I have to go to China soon to represent India in the Australian Open playoffs,” Nagal posted on Tuesday. “But my visa was rejected without any reason. Your immediate help would be greatly appreciated.”
Australian Open officials were sought for comment on Wednesday. 2026 Australian Open, 1st Grand Slam The event of the year begins in Melbourne on January 18.
Relations between the two Asian powers and the world’s two largest populations have recently improved. India and China last month planned to resume direct flights between some of their cities after a five-year suspension as relations between the two countries began to thaw.
There was no immediate response from the embassy or playoff organizers, the Press Trust of India reported.
One of the highlights of 28-year-old Nagal’s career was taking the opening set of the US Open match against Roger Federer in 2019. But Federer won the next three sets to advance to the second round.
Nagal’s highest career singles ranking was 68 in July 2024 but his current ranking is 290. He has been a member of India’s Davis Cup team since 2018.
In January, he lost in the first round of the Australian Open and failed to make the qualifying rounds for the French Open and Wimbledon. He won the 2015 Wimbledon boys’ doubles title with Vietnam’s Le Hoang Nam, becoming the sixth Indian player to win a junior Grand Slam title.
The Australian Open’s Asia-Pacific wild-card playoffs are scheduled for November 24-29 at the Sichuan International Tennis Centre. It is a men’s and women’s singles competition with 16 players and men’s and women’s doubles with 12 teams.
At last year’s Asia-Pacific playoffs, also held in Chengdu, China’s Zhang Shuai and Thailand’s Kasidit Samarez secured spots in the main draw of the 2025 Australian Open.
Zhang defeated American McCartney Kessler in the first round in Melbourne and lost to 24th seed Yulia Putintseva in the second round. Samarez, who had never competed at a Grand Slam venue, not even in qualifying, took fifth seed Daniil Medvedev to five sets before losing in the first round.
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